Unlawful Software Duplication and Distribution, Piracy

David LaMacchia: An MIT student distributing pirated software on his BBS is brought against the U.S. District Court. The court rules in LaMacchia's favor.
Materials on David LaMacchia: Materials written about David LaMacchia's court trial.
Lem El-Zif Role Playing Scenario: This is a scenario concerning a student who unintentionally wrote a program that incorporated a patented data compressing method. Since the program was freely distributed, it produced ethical problems that dealt with infringement on a patent.
Unauthorized copying of software may violate TI policy and copyright laws: This article discusses software piracy and guidelines on what should be done.
On the illegal copying of computer software: Alternate options to copying software are discussed here to avoid unethical behavior.
Copying software programs may be acceptable in some situations: This article comments on some of the changes in copyright policy mainly reflecting the changes in working patterns such as portable computing.
Upon finding unlicensed software: The right actions to take when discovering unlicensed software is discussed here.